{"id":83410,"date":"2025-06-23T17:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/?p=83410"},"modified":"2025-06-22T18:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:48:45","slug":"ramot-mall-in-jerusalem-ultra-orthodox-routine-amid-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/ramot-mall-in-jerusalem-ultra-orthodox-routine-amid-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramot Mall in Jerusalem: Ultra-Orthodox Routine Amid War"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Ramot Mall in northern Jerusalem, the war feels distant \u2014 almost invisible. While Iran fires missiles and sirens echo across the country, this shopping center quietly hums with ultra-Orthodox daily life. Toddlers in matching dresses lick melting rainbow ice pops, mothers push strollers past candy stores, and men in black hats speak into kosher phones near the pharmacy and Rav-Kav machines<\/p>\n

This mall is one of the few public consumer spaces in Jerusalem tailored entirely to the ultra-Orthodox community \u2014 from clothing styles to signage to spiritual messaging. It\u2019s a world of modesty, order, and halachic observance, seemingly immune to outside chaos<\/p>\n

Between Emergency and Emunah<\/h3>\n

As the escalators glide and caf\u00e9s serve calm breakfasts, a question arises
Is this a bubble of faith or a form of detachment<\/p>\n

(Israel Strikes Iran, Jerusalem Synagogues Shut Down<\/a>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The ultra-Orthodox in Ramot process emergencies differently. Many carry no smartphones. They don\u2019t follow Telegram or Twitter updates. Information flows slowly \u2014 via yeshivas, rabbis, or word of mouth<\/p>\n

This morning, while waiting in line at Super-Pharm, a woman asked: \u201cWas there anything today<\/em>
She wasn\u2019t being ironic. For many here, a prayer book replaces a phone. Psalms replace alerts<\/p>\n

One local man, Yaakov S., 42, offered an answer to the fear outside: \u201cThey don\u2019t target Arabs, so we\u2019re not panicking. Someone else runs the world. Iran, Gaza \u2014 it\u2019s out of our hands. Why be afraid<\/em><\/p>\n

Faith Over Fear<\/h3>\n

There\u2019s a stark gap between the Israeli government\u2019s focus on early-warning apps and fortified shelters \u2014 and this neighborhood, where belief takes precedence<\/p>\n

Ramot Mall has become a living study in contrast
Between technology and tradition
Between sirens and serenity
Between war and the whispered pages of Tehillim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Under Iranian missile threat, shopping continues with Psalms in hand \u2014 and updates reaching the ultra-Orthodox hours late<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":83411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"4657","_seopress_titles_title":"Ramot Mall in Jerusalem: Ultra-Orthodox Routine Amid War","_seopress_titles_desc":"Under Iranian missile threat, shopping continues with Psalms in hand \u2014 and updates reaching the ultra-Orthodox hours late","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[8747],"class_list":{"0":"post-83410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-184","8":"tag-jerusalem-en"},"acf":{"subtitle":"Under Iranian missile threat, shopping continues with Psalms in hand \u2014 and updates reaching the ultra-Orthodox hours late"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}